Nice.

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/south-west/a-rock-stars-sanctuary-for-sale-the-home-of-rolling-stones-legend-charlie-watts-is-on-the-market-in-a-picture-perfect-devon-valley

Mrs Wells and I are planning to go to Japan in their autumn.

A week in Tokyo. Maybe Kanazawa instead of Kyoto. Perhaps somewhere more rural. That said, a bit wary of massive tourist hot spots. A few temples will be more than enough. Very keen to check out the jazz. There is a big festival in Yokohama. Has anyone been.

All feedback much appreciated.

Not my cup of tea but remarkable in a couple of respects. Is that the first performance not in English? The depiction of settings from places not in America. Both aspects must have driven the MAGA nuts erm…. nuts.

Doubt most of the attendees would have seen a thing with all that staging.

Second ATM for the day.

This would seem a simple task but it is not working out this way. Mrs Wells wants a fast charger for her Apple devices – iPhone and Macbook.

Her iPhone has a lightning connection. Her laptop and my iPhone use USB C.

As I understand it fast charging requires a fast charging block that plugs into the wall and a fast charging lead that plugs into your device.

My questions:

1. Are all fast chargers the same if not what is recommended? 2. Do they have minimum charging speeds to be called fast chargers? 3. Can a charger be “too fast”? 4. Can you use the same block and lead on an iPhone and Macbook? 5. If I bought a lightning to USB C adapter can I use this for fast charging?

Many thanks

Even allowing for social media hysteria, the reports are bad.

Is it as bad as reported? Are their benefits? Can I skip and wait til the next one which might at least fix some of the most resented flaws?

I live not far, by our standards, from the southernmost tip of the Australian mainland. Electromagnetic doodahs made it a great night for viewing the Southern Aurora.

Hope imgur works for you.

https://imgur.com/a/e9IueBh

These look like they would sound amazing. But they are wireless. Surely a wireless connection defeats the purpose of this level of fidelity.

https://ecouteaudio.com/

Of course there are a great many aspects that raise questions, but let’s start this one.

He is charged with possessing machine guns. Presumably they were in his possession in Venezuela. How could this possibly an indictable offence in another country?

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Here we are at the final, invariably rain affected fifth and final test in Sydney. Stokes wins the toss. No spinner for us, we probably think we can get the job done without the less reliable Murphy, but it is the first time since 1898. Foresakes an opportunity to test out a prime candidate to replace Lyon. Inclusion of Webster puts the heat on Green as the all rounder.

Duckett showing early signs of Guillaume Barre syndrome with his feet movement.

We all know how this place matters to us. This song, link in comments has been posted a few times. It is now our unofficial Christmas anthem. The blokes in clink. Maybe it’s a convict thing

Ok, enough poring over the entrails of Adelaide. On to the big one athte Melbourne Cricket Ground, the M.C.G. or as we locals call it the G.

Even though it is dead rubber 100,000 or thereabouts on day one is the usual attendance. Mild weather 19 celsius forecast for Day One. Melbournians will be hoping that local hero Scotty Boland has another stellar effort at his home and favourite ground.

Cummins and Lyon are scratchings- 2 pretty huge outs and you’d assume Smith comes back in. OK that’s 2 bowlers out and a batter in. Hmm.

Surely time for some changes in the English team and maybe don’t announce locked in changes so far in advance this time.

Come on guys I know things are bleak but ket’s keep the chat going. This could be a major fork in the road for the Bazball era. Woods is gone, you’d think for good so all you can do is move on. Let’s see Archer do what he did in that final session. Khawaja could well open as Head has a fearsome record at Adelaide down the order a bit. Captain Pat will be back. They may cotton wool Boland for his happy hunting ground the MCG but that’d be tough after the Gabba.

Mark Arm of Mudhoney fronting this tour. Interviewer v knowledgeable so a great interview.

https://tapeop.com/interviews/170/ed-kuepper-and-the-saints-australia-s-original-punk-band

So we will soon be seeing the willow on err pink ball with a day night Test. So Capt Pat is not in , Uzzie still is and Mark Wood was wearing a moonboot and knee brace not unlike mine after the attempted assassination by tree. Starc reputedly best swinger of the pink ball going around. I get England’s decision to train in Brisbane rather than a game in Canberra. Canberra is dry and quite cool at the moment. Brisbane is hot and humid and building ip to the wet. I think you are far better acclimatising up there.

Predict Khwawaja to open and Australia to win if it is not rained out.

Recently I did a big update to my iPhone 15 to version to 26.1

Since then I have had no end of trouble posting a thread or commenting on the threads of others. I can’t post a screenshot of what happens and if I could you lot can’t use imgur.

Ok So I click on the relevant panel to commence typing. As soon as I do that a new panel drops down concealing whatever it is I am typing.This shows a blank patch an up cursor and a down cursor and to the other side a tick. Below that is a QWERTY board. When I type I can’t see what I am typing.However, if I click on tick it shows me what I have typed and I can press submit. Given my reputation for typos as it is, this makes the process rather thwart. The cursors on the other side don’t appear to do anything. Doesn’t happen on any other site.

I will see if Thep can post the image I am trying to describe.

The person who posted the link suggested this wont be up for long. This had a brief run in cinemas, though not down here and was supposed to go to DVD.

https://youtu.be/BpfZ4vSZd6U

Way to go. Amyl and the Sniffers. Hard rockin band with a pocket rocket out front. Growing success internationally and supporting Acca Dacca on current tour. A free concert in the City Square was cancelled 40 mins before they played. “Authorities” concerned about fences being pushed over. Clearly under resourced security. Crown and band mightily pissed off. So to compensate they put $5k at the bar at various city music pubs. Never liked the band but I like that.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-15/amyl-and-the-sniffers-massive-bar-tab-after-fed-square-cancel/106012954?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/13/acdc-concert-review-melbourne-show-australia-tour?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The Cherry Bar is pretty grungey. Lots of touring bands lob there after shows. Sone so unannounced gigs. This was posted on Facebook.

Open Love Letter to Oasis.

Dear Liam and Noel,

I love you.

I am the owner and booker of Cherry Bar. We are a small late night live music dive bar that has somehow survived for over 25 years in Melbourne.

I like your band Oasis and have so much respect for you lads as a unique and dependable force of bona fide rock n roll attitude. However, I write to you today specifically to share my deep gratitude because you and your fans are the happy heavy drinking economic juggernaut that this city and my bar desperately needed.

Melbourne was the most Locked Down city in the world during Covid and the entire hospitality sector has been and remains devastated. My Mum was pretty happy when the City of Melbourne appointed me as the Chairman of the Night Time Advisory Committee during Covid, making me Australia’s first Night Mayor. True Story. So I speak to you as something of an expert when it comes to Melbourne’s damaged night time economy.

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Albanese is a bit of a hipster music wise. Often struts a Radio Birdman T , mates with Billy Bragg, does the odd DJ set. The Opposition leader ran with an opinion piece from Sky News arguing how wearing the t- shirt was an insult to jews given that Joy Division was the sexual slavery unit in WW2 camps. Hasn’t got much traction and she is looking a bit like a goose. Got me thinking about offensive names. Foetus On My Breath was always up there for me. Sydney band the Slugfuckers wasn’t bad either.